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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the only two people the narrator say she would speak to on the phone?
(a) Her sister and her brother.
(b) Bach and Beethoven.
(c) Her daughter and Tchaikovsky.
(d) Her daughter and Bach.

2. Who calls the narrator as she plays music?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) A bystander.
(c) A police officer.
(d) An old friend.

3. What injury does Bheki's friend have following the crash?
(a) Broken arm.
(b) Bruises on his arms and legs.
(c) Cuts on his legs.
(d) Head wound.

4. When was the narrator's house burglarized?
(a) Four years before the events of the book.
(b) Five years before the events of the book.
(c) Three years before the events of the book.
(d) Twelve years before the events of the book.

5. Where does the narrator live?
(a) France.
(b) U.S.A.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Germany.

6. What instrument does the narrator play?
(a) Piano.
(b) The violin.
(c) The trombone.
(d) The guitar.

7. What does the narrator ask her housekeeper to do after speaking with the police?
(a) To prepare cocoa for everyone.
(b) To send Bheki's friend home.
(c) To go home.
(d) To go rent a good movie.

8. What does the narrator tell the person that lives near her house?
(a) Not to urinate in the yard.
(b) To leave the following morning.
(c) To come inside to sleep.
(d) Not to light any fires.

9. What does the narrator ask her male employee to do over tea and biscuits?
(a) To cook for her.
(b) To mail papers to her daughter after she dies.
(c) To be her driver.
(d) To marry her.

10. What does the man buy with the money he takes from the narrator?
(a) A camera and some film.
(b) Liquor and a mattress.
(c) The newspaper and a laptop.
(d) A pillow and a comic book.

11. How does the narrator describe Mr Vercueil's usual temperament?
(a) On edge.
(b) Excited.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sullen.

12. Why does the narrator think the person that lives near her house will return?
(a) He left his dog.
(b) He forgot his car.
(c) He dug himself a hole.
(d) He left his belongings.

13. What is Mr. Vercueil doing in the back yard that the housekeeper's daughters watch?
(a) Work on the lawn mower.
(b) Clean the pool.
(c) Dig a hole.
(d) Ride a bicycle.

14. What does the narrator say about the media?
(a) They do not print the letter she sent them.
(b) They do not cover what happens in the townships.
(c) They only cover reality TV.
(d) They do not cover the last South African gold medalist at the Olympics.

15. What does the narrator want to do before being discouraged from doing so by Florence?
(a) File a complaint about the police.
(b) Bring Bheki to the police.
(c) Call the mayor's office.
(d) Bring Bheki to a white doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of document introduces the "Age of Iron"?

2. What does the narrator offer to do for Florence?

3. Why did the housekeeper bring her son to the narrator's house?

4. When does the narrator return to her house after her trip in town?

5. Who tries to intervene when Mr. Vercueil is being beaten?

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